U.S. Department of Homeland Security

The Obama administration, which has already seen its immigration policies stymied by conservative judges, is now facing increasing pressure from the left to release all women and children from immigration detention centers after a federal judge ruled against the controversial practice. In yet another blow to the president’s immigration policies, virtually all House Democrats told Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson in a letter that “it is long past time to end family detention.” In a letter released Friday, the representatives called on Johnson not to appeal U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee’s ruling that hundreds of immigrant women and children -- many of whom...

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